The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-12-16
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House to re made by States. The tactics in
this case were very bold. The Democratic
managers in the State have been raking and
scraping for evidence. They went as far as
to advertise for it in the papers. 1t was
plain at that very time that there was no
ground whatever for making contest, and
the wiser heads were against 1t. But after
calling into council some Boston schemers,
it was decided to make the move, with this
result. The notice of contest had not been
filed here today. 1t will have to arrive soon
to be in time.
Warren o. Arnold, the man elected, is a
sturdy, business-like man, large manufac-
turer who has worked his own way up from
boyhood to his present place. He owns mills
at one end of the district, and lives in the
other. He is not much of a speaker, but
man thoroughly acquainted with practical
legislation and the wants of his constituent
cy.
The bills came into the Senate Monday
and Tuesday, as they rarely have before. In
all the mass of measures, the new ones, those
Of fresh interest, were rather small. The
topics of the session already begin to rise
merce is coming up again, and there promises
to be as hot fight over 1t as there was last
session. The railroad companies, which, for
long time did not believe that the Senate
meant to do anything definite, awoke up
very suddenly when they discovered that
very strict statute had been made. They
and their attorneys are beginning to flock in
to the city, and to talk with the Senators
most conversant with and Interested in the
question. 1t is clear enough that lot Of
amendments, and some important ones, are
to be pl posed.
The Jmmission is working along quietly.
mors that Morrison will resign come out. As
rule they arise from the great habit the
man has of talking. Right here, in the very
centre of political life, he cannot help taking
live interest in all that is going on, and
venturing his opinion one way or the other.
Sometimes, when the fit is strong on him, he
talks as If he would like to step from official
duties back into the swirl of politics. But
he always comes to his senses afterwards and
realizes thar he is SO old it is far better to
stay where he is and to draw comfortable
SALARY.
Til ,,ostal telegraph, or government tcle-
grapL, scheme, as it is differently termed, Is
said to be leading topic. Senator Cullom,
who brought in the Interstate bill last year.
has q bill OF that nature this year. That
the Senator does not understand the subject
very well, crops out at once in feature of
his measure He proposes to charge more
on press messages than he does for business
dispatches. Postal telegraph, according to
opinion just now. is a subject which comes
rather only in the limit of discussion this
year. If measure providing any such
thing is adopted, it will not be this year nor
this session.
Legislation on banking is quite sure to be
had this year. The commercial and financial
interests are deeply interested on one or two
points, and they have impressed them SO
oroughly ON their representatives that the
new banking bills are feature of the new
Senate measures, and will be in the house.
The matter Of encouraging American trade,
by giving bounties to the steamships; the
matter of subsidizing mail steamers. already
both brought forward by Senator Frye, will
be pressed again. The subsidy plan, it is
thought has better chance Of reaching an
effectual end than it had last year. 1t will
be interesting, at any rate, to see what differ
ence change in postmaster generals makes.
The Republicans mean to press the points
OF the Democratic lodging of the civil ser
vice matter very prominently, and to follow
this up by c persistent showing Of the cleo
tions outrages and frauds in the Southern
States. There is plenty of material, and
good material, for this. Senator Hale has
brought forward resolution confronting the
President and his party with their two-sided
performance, and this will be discussed in a
way that will make it very clear to the coun-
try how much fulfllment Of the pledges of
civil service reform we have had. Senator
Hoar's committee has report on the out
RACES in Washington county, Texas, to make
yet, and the details of this will do quite as
much as any one thing to help along the
enactment OF. Senator Chambers bill to reg
ulate the holding Of congressional elections
in the Southern States. The introduction Of
this bill, am told. is part of programme
on the Republican side, which shall show up
| thoroughly the persistent and unparalleled
suppression Of the colored VOTE Senators
| Hoar, Edmunds, Eyarts and Hawley are
| deeply interested in the plan, and when the
bill comes up it will be strange If 1t does not
| yield some Of the strongest speeches made
| this session on the Republican side.
The Senate committee on foreign relations
| has watched. and in actabout all the Repub-
| lican members Of the Senate have watched.
with interest, the frantic attempts of the
| State Department to get the fishery commits
| sioners to agree. The Senate has not, thus
far, agreed very well with the President and
| Secretary of State. The former has been
| given broad degree Of liberty in carrying
| out policy of retaliation. The Senate has
| put on record its opposition to anything like
| a reciprocity treaty. Now, the administra-
| ton, refusing to use its own powers, makes
new endeavor to get its treaty. Senators
| Edmunds and Sherman are understood to
| feel particularly well over the failure to
| reach conclusion.
| Representative Milliken is to come before
| the House once more with his plan Of selling
the large block of property south of the ave-
nue., and between 9th and 18TH streets. This
| was widely commended by the local papers
| on its appearance last spring. The locality
| is a vicious one, and If the present block OF
buildings were as finely replaced as has been
proposed, the change would benefit the city
greatly. VAN.
| Senator Hais's Bills.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Hale in
troduced bill in the Senate to provide that
any officer placed on the retired list after
twenty years service, by reason of pAysi-
cal defect, which was not disqualification
at the time Of his original entry into the SER
| vice, shall be held to be retired for disability
| incident to the service. He also introduced
| the bill of the last Congress for the relief OF
the sufferers of the wrecked Tallapoosa.
A Colored clergyman's Case.
The Interstate Commissioners today gave
! a hearing in the case of William III. Heard
colored minister Of Charleston, 5. c.. who
complains that the Georgia Railroad Compa-
ny compelled him to ride in a coach of infe-
rior accommodations, although ho held a